CVE-2025-24499

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE WAB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-6AA0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WAM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-7DA0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WAM763-1 (ME) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DC0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WAM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DB0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WAM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-7DA0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WAM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DC0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WAM766-1 (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DB0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (6GK5766-1GE00-7TA0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TC0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TB0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WUB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-1AA0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WUB762-1 iFeatures (6GK5762-1AJ00-2AA0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3AA0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3DA0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3AB0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3DB0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WUM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-3DA0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WUM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DC0) (All versions < V3.0.0), SCALANCE WUM766-1 (USA) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DB0) (All versions < V3.0.0). Affected devices do not properly validate input while loading the configuration files. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the device.

Affected products

Siemens SCALANCE WAB762-1: before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1: before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (ME): before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (US): before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1: before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC: before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (ME): before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (US): before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (ME): before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (US): before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1: before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 iFeatures: before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1: before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US): before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1: before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (ME): before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0
Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (USA): before V3.0.0 — fixed in V3.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens SCALANCE WAB762-1 V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (ME) V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (US) V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (ME) V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (US) V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (ME) V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (US) V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 V3.0.0; Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 iFeatures V3.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html

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